GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER TUE 22 SEPTEMBER, 2009
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| Girish Menezes: Gate to success | |||
21 Sep: Pensions Week. Companies outsource to India for cost savings but stay
there for the quality… Girish Menezes, a principal at Buck Consultants, who
specialises in giving advice on administration and who grew up in Goa talked about
some of the pros and cons of outsourcing abroad… 1064 words. For full text
see http://www.pensionsweek.com/ Buck Consultants appoints Girish Menezes for global role 15 Sep. Employee Benefits. Buck Consultants has appointed Girish Menezes as principal to lead the firm's business development in the global HR technology and administration practice in the UK and mainland Europe… 202 words. Click here. Girish is the son of Francis Menezes (Tata) and grandson of the eminent Goan writer, the late Armando Menezes. | |||
| Happy 100th Birthday TJ | |||
Thomas Joaquim Lobo (known also as TJ or Tom), celebrates his 100th birthday today, 22nd September 2009 and his family would like to thank all those that attended the small party for him on Sunday in London and for the hundreds of cards, messages, photos and presents that have been sent from around the world. A card from the Queen was amongst his many surprises!
His secret for his long life and advice to us all was simply to ‘stay happy, try not to worry, love all and God will take care of the rest!’ For a profile of him select the link below.
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| Morel D'Souza: Celebration of volunteers' work | |||
 21 Sep: Kent Online. Kent's unsung heroes, Morel D'Souza and his wife, Karin (photo)
from the Maidstone Multicultural group have been recognised for the positive part
they play in the life of Kent, by the Queen's representative in the county. For
a full report and more pictures, see Friday's Kent Messenger… Click
here. For a Goan Voice profile of Morel D'Souza, click here. | |||
| Autorickshaw Run from Goa to Nepal | |||
21 Sep: MSN News. 'Some Like It Hot' has 67 teams from 12 countries and are participating
in 'The Rickshaw Run' that started from the Goa on September 12 and is scheduled
to conclude at Pokhra in Nepal on September 25. Each of the teams raise funds
for charity. Click
here. For the Rickshaw Run website click here. | |||
News Summary | |||
| Floyd Cardoz: Eggs for Lunch Sep. 2009: Restaurants and Institutions Magazine … Says Floyd Cardoz, executive chef of New York City’s Tabla and self-described “egg freak”, “Whenever I see eggs on the menu at a restaurant, I have to order them.”… In his $25 three-course lunch, Cardoz often serves eggs as an appetizer. One dish pairs eggs with house-cured, Portuguese-style Goan sausage and features eggs scrambled in the fat remaining from cooking the sausage. Cardoz says. “This is something I ate growing up” … more details.. | |||
| Goa port to develop berths to attract cruise vessels 22 Sep: IANS. The Mormugao Port Trust in Goa is in the process of developing a cruise terminal for attracting cruise and foreign naval vessels seeking rest stops … The port trust is looking at attracting 130-140 cruise calls annually … It is possible that there will be offshore casinos near the port ... 306 words. more details.. | |||
| UK – Newcastle. : Adventurers prepare for India trip 22 Sep: The Journal. A group of North East adventurers is in strict training for a charity event, the Enduro India 2010, which consists of 14 dawn-to-dusk days riding classic Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles across the ancient spice-trading routes of Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu… 426 words + photo more details.. | |||
| Mumbai: Peeing in public is city's top offence 22 Sep: Times of India. The city’s dirty little secret is out: urinating in public is the most ‘popular’ offence among citizens… The second biggest offender is spitting … The rest of the offences like throwing garbage, dumping debris and bio-medical waste all add up to make the city one of the most unhygienic metros in the country, and the world… 602 words. more details.. | |||
| Foreigners' feel insecure. By Svatantra Sarjano 22 Sep: Herald. The travails of Ingo Grill, [Goan Voice, 20 Sep. 2009), makes foreigners feel a little bit insecure… I and my friends might encounter the same tomorrow. We feel that we are at the mercy of paranoid bureaucrats… The entire world has read about the Ingo case … we foreigners are not mere numbers but living human beings... 148 words. Click here. Sarjano is a Goa-based Italian restaurateur and photographer. For a profile of him, click here. | |||
| Vasco real estate agent thrashed for molestion 22 Sep: Herald. An alleged attempt by a real estate agent from Vasco to molest a married woman employee proved costly, as he was beaten black and blue by the victim’s relative and family friends on Monday afternoon… Vasco police has registered an offence against him and he has been admitted to the GMC Hospital at Bambolim. 200 words. more details.. | |||
| Video: Couple dies of drowning at Miramar 21 Sep: Goa 365. In an unfortunate incident two members of an Andhra family who were on a holiday in Goa died of drowning at the Miramar beach on Monday. The Panaji Police identified the deceased as Bulusu and Josna Sharma … 1m. 06s. more details.. | |||
| Win a magical trip to Zanzibar 21 Sep: Tesco Magazine. Enter our fabulous prize draw and one lucky reader and guest will win an incredible seven-night trip, including flights, to Zanzibar, courtesy of Tusker lager and Echo Beach Hotel, Zanzibar. The winners will be staying in their own individually designed luxury villa, known as a Banda … The closing date is 23 October 2009. Full details at more details.. | |||
| Italian TV Reality Programme 21 Sep: Affaritaliani.it. The programme "The Tribe - Mission India", scheduled for Channel 5 looks increasingly under threat of cancellation … The programme has had to be postponed owing to Indian bureaucratic delays … Some of the contestants have other work commitments and will not be able to stay on the show … more details.. | |||
| Britons face losing Indian holiday homes 21 Sep: The Daily Telegraph. Hundreds of Britons face losing their holiday and retirement homes in Goa, the Foreign Office has warned…The Goa government, under pressure from local people who blame foreign home owners for driving up prices, has ordered its land registrars not to issue deeds to any more buyers from overseas… 336 words. more details.. | |||
| Britons could lose Goa villas 21 Sep. Holiday Lettings. Hundreds of British expatriates are falling foul of new land laws and reported scams in Goa… 412 words. more details.. | |||
| Goa announces Rs.25 lakh award for Konkani filmmaker Shetgaonkar 21 Sep: IANS. The Goa government has announced a cash prize of Rs.25 lakh to filmmaker Laxmikant Shetgaonkar whose film “Paltadacho Munis” won an award at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival… the film is about a widowed forest ranger Vinayak who develops an intimate relationship with a mentally ill woman, risking becoming an outcast. 274 words. more details.. | |||
